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WINDOWS: Longhorn--Innovation or Desperation?

<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Actually, it may simply be a whole lot of perspiration. If you've not watched it already, you need to take a look at the keynote from yesterday's WinHEC event (<a href="http://metahost.savvislive.com/microsoft/20050425/winhec_20050425_300.asx">click here to view</a&gt and see some of the upcoming innovation related to Longhorn and Windows XP 64-bit.<br /><br />Here's some of what I took away from the demos:<br /><br /><ol><li>Though you might not believe me, you need to watch the keynote and see the SQL 2005 demo on the 64-bit platform. I've always wondered what 64-bit would do, and this is the best visual representation of it I've seen.</li><li>The new search and smart-folder functions built into Longhorn are impressive. And while the demo is still on pre-beta software, Steve Jobs better look out--the capabilities **** Spotlight out of the water. Yeah, I know, it's still more than a year off, so he's got time to catch-up.</li><li>The graphical interface and built-in content management are quite visually impressive. Sure, you can get Windows Blinds to do some of the GUI stuff, but you can tell from the demos that using MS Windows out of the box is going to be quite an experience.</li></ol><p>That's my take for now. Give the video a look and let me know what you think.</p><p>- Hutch</p></div><p><div class="blogdisclaim"><a href="http://hutchtech.blogspot.com/2005/04/windows-longhorn-innovation-or.html">This post originally appeared on an external website</a></div>

EMULATION: CherryOS Frustration, Imagination, Alienation

<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">From Paul Thurrot's blog (<a href=":<br">http://www.internet-nexus.com/">www.internet-nexus.com</a&gt:<br /><br /><blockquote /><span style=";font-family:verdana,arial,times;font-size:85%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:navy;" /></b></span><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><span style=";font-family:verdana,arial,times;font-size:85%;"><b style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">The last bite on CherryOS</span></b><br />The thief who ripped off Pear PC and tried to foist in on the world as his own creation announces that Cherry OS is no more:</span> <blockquote><span style=";font-family:verdana,arial,times;font-size:85%;">I decided that [Cherry OS] is not worth the hassle, not now or in the future. [Cherry OS] went to work without brushing its teeth or taking a shower, it was not ready.<br /><br />Oh yeah, I know ? everyone out there who has their certain opinion about me will have their great comment hour right now. Its [sic] ok I expect that anyway.</span></blockquote> <span style=";font-family:verdana,arial,times;font-size:85%;">As you should. You completely stole intellectual property from some hard working folks, and you deserve every comment you get, jerk.</span></blockquote><span style=";font-family:verdana,arial,times;font-size:85%;" /> <span style=";font-family:verdana,arial,times;font-size:85%;"> </span> <p style="text-align: left;"><br />I agree with Paul: The guys at Cherry OS should be flogged, tarred and feathered, then drawn and quartered. What jerks!<br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">- Hutch<br /></p> <p align="right"><br /></p><blockquote /><br /><p /></div><p><div class="blogdisclaim"><a href="http://hutchtech.blogspot.com/2005/05/emulation-cherryos-frustration.html">This post originally appeared on an external website</a></div>

TABLET PC: Big Blue Takes the Red Pill

<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">I know, most of the news around tablets lately has focused on Apple's slate patent (Google it if you want more), something they should have been working on for a long time. But according my inside sources, IBM has stayed out of the TabletPC arena, mostly due to pride. That's right, Uncle Bill didn't come to play at their party a year or two prior to the release of the TabletPC spec, so IBM wasn't going to come to Bill's party. Neener Neener. Now that TablePCs are starting to move, and the prices are lowering, IBM is ready to step up. Read the eWeek article below for more.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.eweek.com/print_article2/0,2533,a=1507**,00.asp">IBM Develops ThinkPad Tablet PC</a><br /><br />- Hutch</div><p><div class="blogdisclaim"><a href="http://hutchtech.blogspot.com/2005/05/tablet-pc-big-blue-takes-red-pill.html">This post originally appeared on an external website</a></div>

MAC: Stale Chips Prompt Apple Migration

<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Though he doesn't comeright out and say it, Steve Jobs is tired of waiting on IBM to gettheir PowerPC processors up-to-speed. While I'll definitely wait untilnext year's 64-bit chips hit the market, things are looking up for bothPC and Mac users. I have a new iBook G4 (1.5Ghz) that just doesn'tcompare to my 2-year-old 1.5 GHz Pentium M-based Gateway.<br /><br />I know IBM spent a lot of money building a brand new plant toproduce the PowerPC chips, and hopefully they'll recoup some of thatwith the new powerful game console CPUs they're promising. I thinkSteve just got tired of trying to foist the "speed isn't everything"mantra. I've read several articles that talked about the market shareapple lost when they switched from Motorola's chipset to the PowerPC,but I doubt this is comparable. I don't yet know how this will help theend user when it comes to price, but it has got to make a dent. Readmore are the DesgnTechnica.com article below.<br /><br /> <a href="http://news.designtechnica.com/news_printerfriendly7609.html">Apple Makes a Switch to Intel - Computing News - Designtechnica</a><br /><br />- Hutch</div><div class="blogdisclaim"><a href="http://hutchtech.blogspot.com/2005/06/mac-stale-chips-prompt-apple-migration.html">This post originally appeared on an external website</a></div>

SCAM: Bad "Bad Apple"

<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">So, you've heard thatiTunes 4.9 is going to have support for podcasts. Yeah! However, ifyou're like me you just don't want to wait. Well, you're gonna have to.All this hubbub, over a recently released iTunes 4.8 hack called "BadApple" that would unlock the podcasting capabilities of iTunes, is ascam. You heard me. It's going to insert itself into your startupsettings, and change your hosts file (which means you're going to getsome nasty spyware--or worse).<br /><br />So rather than even try it, just be patient, iTunes 4.9 will behere soon enough. Oh, and don't blame me for the nasty rash it'll giveyou if you ignore my warnings--their is no topical cream. Ouch!<br /><br />I really had hoped it would be something awesome. Looks like I'm just going to have to wait.<br /><br />- Hutch</div><div class="blogdisclaim"><a href="http://hutchtech.blogspot.com/2005/06/scam-bad-bad-apple.html">This post originally appeared on an external website</a></div>

MEDIA: Is a "FREE" TiVo in Your Future

<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Our friends at CNet havean excellent article on the pros and cons of the free TiVo knock-offsyour cable/satellite company are offering--and you might be pleasantlysurprised (see link below). I'm still attached to my ReplayTV, mostlybecause I can strip anything I record off as MPEG-2 and copy it to myPC/Server over my home network. However, I've been toying with buildinga Media Center PC (first using Orb--see article below--and thenpossibly migrating to the actual MS Media Center OS--since I have mylegit/licensed MAPS version just sitting there ready to be used). Feelfree to talk back in the comments section and let me know what youthink. <br /><br />Check out the link to the CNet article below.<br /><br /><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6449_7-6209060-1.html?tag=nl.e501">Fully Equipped: Free HD TiVo knockoff: is it worth it? - CNET reviews</a><br /><br />- Hutch</div><div class="blogdisclaim"><a href="http://hutchtech.blogspot.com/2005/04/media-is-free-tivo-in-your-future.html">This post originally appeared on an external website</a></div>

SECURITY: Control Those Pesky Start-Up Apps the Easy Way

<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Back in the day if youwanted to control those pesky auto-starting apps on your PC, you hadedit your win.ini, sys.ini, and even the registry. Then came the adventof MSCONFIG.exe for Windows 98 and ME. Even though it didn't come onWindows NT or 2K, it worked if you copied it to their HDD. You couldeasily check/un-check the apps you didn't want to auto-start withouttouching the registry. But if you didn't know what you were doing, youcould stop the wrong start-up process and injure your system.<br /><br />Now you can use the "Advanced Tools" in the FREE MS Anti-SpywareBeta 1 to control those pesky start-up programs and even find out moreabout them (check out the screenshot below). It's easy to use, givesyou all kinds of info about the various programs that start-up alongwith Windows, and best of all, it's free!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.icomnw.com/hli/blogimages/MSASWpic.jpg" />.<br /><br />Get the free MS Anti-Spyware Beta 1 (for Windows 2K, 2003 Server and XP only) at <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/spyware">http://www.microsoft.com/spyware</a>.In my personal experience, using the MS product along with SpybotSearch & Destroy, and Spyware Blaster keeps my PC spyware-free. Andbelieve me, that provides a huge performance boost for any machine.<br /><br />- Hutch</div><div class="blogdisclaim"><a href="http://hutchtech.blogspot.com/2005/04/security-control-those-pesky-start-up.html">This post originally appeared on an external website</a></div>

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